The Food Lobby Goes To School
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Who decides what our children are eating?
To a large degree, it is the Federal Government. Congress and the Department of Agriculture approve what foods can (and can't) be served to over 30 million American school children who get daily meals from the National School Lunch Program.
The government gets a ton of pressure from a food and beverage industry frantic to keep kids hooked on a diet of sodas, snacks and hot dogs. The competition, for a piece of this $10 billion market, is particularly fierce right now because this year, the School Lunch Program is being reviewed and revised.
Despite the enormous nutritional and financial stakes at play, ANP was the only media to cover a recent panel set up to discuss the school menu. While nutritionists outnumbered the press, corporate lobbyists outnumbered everyone.
To a large degree, it is the Federal Government. Congress and the Department of Agriculture approve what foods can (and can't) be served to over 30 million American school children who get daily meals from the National School Lunch Program.
The government gets a ton of pressure from a food and beverage industry frantic to keep kids hooked on a diet of sodas, snacks and hot dogs. The competition, for a piece of this $10 billion market, is particularly fierce right now because this year, the School Lunch Program is being reviewed and revised.
Despite the enormous nutritional and financial stakes at play, ANP was the only media to cover a recent panel set up to discuss the school menu. While nutritionists outnumbered the press, corporate lobbyists outnumbered everyone.
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jubal
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IMHO the School Lunch Program Suck Balls.
I used to be a student back in the day, and I remember those horrible foods. I preferred to bring my food from home rather than eat that slop they handed out.
I had the privilege of working in a school cafeteria once, I was shocked by how long the list of ingredients was for powdered mash potatoes. The ones I buy at Costco, which claim to be Natural Organic Powdered potatoes has only one ingredient; POTATOES.
Half of the shit they put into the food to preserve and extend shelf life is poison. No wonder many Americans are becoming dumb, fat and lazy.
- 2 years ago
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jubal
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xxxCiscoKiDxxx
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It's all aberrant behavior caused by the system...
- 2 years ago
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xxxCiscoKiDxxx
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cardell76
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we might be the richest country in the world but we are among the morally poorest as well!
- 2 years ago
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cardell76
